Hooky

Claudia and I decided to take the kids out of school early because of the gorgeous beach weather. Shane did a little body surfing and Hailey completely wiped out numerous times but got back up and didn't blink an eye.

Angelina loves Shane and he is her best-friend ever, as she would say

The beach babes

Country Dinner Dance

We went to the Annual Rancho Vista Country Dinner Dance which was nothin' but good old fun, kids running wild. I told Hailey to give me her best look

A little square dancing

The not-so-cowboy group, it always amazes me how many people have cowboy boots and the look to go with them. We were all out there line dancing in flip flops and vans, our kind of people

Surfing

Jima was talking about how she wanted to learn to surf. We talked about it one night and I woke up to this..........Thanks Jesse

Boise flight

I forgot to add these pictures from our flight home, Shane was on the Iphone the entire flight, my airplane buddy

Hailey was wired and ready to party, she sat next to Jesse who was passed out

Duck Hunt

We were trying to waste some time before storytime. Hailey was sneaking up on the ducks

One with the ducks

One without the ducks

Glasses

We ordered Shane a new trio of colored glasses, his were getting pretty scratched. As i was ordering new ones Hailey said she wanted a pair. So i got her a pair with clear lenses. She got periwinkle with yellow. Looking more and more like her bro.

Rolling Hills City Fair

Rolling Hills Est has a real low key fair every year that we love going to. We meet up with our normal crew, Coogans, Katos and Graves = Pure Fun!

The kids loved the corn box

Shane and Hailey went in the petting zoo and played with the chickens, not the goats or piglets!

Hailey loving every second on the pony ride

The kids watching the dogs herd cows

We love Reiko

Shane enjoyed his ribs, chicken and cake alot!

And a big Thanks to the Coogans for hosting the after party......................so many great memories yet no pictures (maybe that's a good thing)

Hailey's 1st day at Preschool

Hailey went to her 1st day of preschool. She looked and acted the part until it was time for me to go. Then all Hell broke loose and she started to cry and yell "Mommy". The teacher held her as i left and i stood in the hall for about 20 seconds and she stopped crying and started to play again. I knew the longer i stayed the worse it would get.
When i picked her up 1 1/2 hours later, she was all smiles and told me everything she did and she said it was fun!

Sea World

We went to San Diego for the weekend and had a great time. We went to Sea World on Saturday with Isabell , Clark and Chelsea. The kids loved it and it was mine and the kids first time there. We got to see a couple of the shows which were real entertaining. Then we hung out with the extended family back at Grandma and Grandpa Hobbs.
Here the kids are feeding the seals frozen fish. I love the expression on Shane's face as Jesse is about to eat the fish

In a polar bear cave

"Baby Beuluga in the Deep Blue Sea........."

Dodger Game

Shane and Jesse went to the Dodger game Tuesday night with Kyle and Gene. They had a great time, front row seats and the boys even caught some balls (from the pitchers cage that they sat next to). Shane was sick and Jesse didn't even know it until the food came and he couldn't finish anything- Red Flag!

"That's yours"

Hailey and I were sitting on the floor this evening getting ready to eat popcorn. I asked if she would share with me. As she turned to share, she accidentally knocked over the container, spilling some on the ground. Without missing a beat, she picked up the container, looked at the pile on the floor and said, "That's yours"

First Day of 1st Grade School

Words can't retell this story but i have to document the memory.

As we turned the corner in the hallway to head down to the blacktop at Shane's school, we suddenly saw a swarm of kids running towards us. They yelled, "Shane, Shane" and he didn't know what to do. Shane just stood there stiff as a board while all his buddies came running up to hug him. Then someone else would see Shane and yell, "Shane, Shane" and come up to him and tell him all sorts off stuff and run away. I think he got so overwhelmed that after the 10th kid Shane just decided to start running, and everyone followed. Let's just say there was a lot of energy in the air and Shane had a per-ma-grin on his face, see below. I was so glad Jesse was with me to see it because it was priceless.

Lucky Peak

Cathy and Duane rented a pontoon boat for the day. We had perfect weather and a great time. Lyla and Katie getting crazy under the boat.

The girls checking out the scene

Hailey and Daddy, I don't think that Hailey ever opened her eyes

Shane kept trying to jump up and down to make it a wildier ride

Eli showing the the non-locals how it's done! Air baby

The River

We took a nice row down the Boise River, here are our navigators

Looking for the next big rapid

You would have thought that it was a class 5 the way the kids talk about going down this rapid

The kids loved jumping btw the boat and canoe

Katie and I watching Shane on the rope swing, it was Awesome!

Boise

We went to the Depot in Boise and feed the Koi

2 really cool dudes

2 cute chicks

One big happy family

Church ball

Some pictures of the kids playing at church